Canada cannot just change its name like the tar sands did
With the TransCanada debacle now creeping into the headlines, almost exclusively because of the US protests, the word 'Canada' is being batted around like a football. It's being kicked and…
Tar Sands
Keystone XL Lobbyists Web of Corruption Infographic
Now that the web of Keystone XL tar sands industry lobbyists connected to Hillary Clinton has grown far beyond Paul Elliott, DeSmogBlog, Oil Change International, The Other 98% and Friends…
Hillary Clinton’s Keystone XL Crony Lobbyists Problem
Hillary Keystone XL pipeline.png Hillary Clinton and the State Department have the final word on whether to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, unless President Obama intervenes. The infl...
Koch Brothers Dishonest About Keystone XL, Tar Sands Interest
Kochtopus money bags.png On the heels of a 21-page investigative article by Bloomberg Magazine, which covered the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries,...
State Department Emails Reveal Cozy Relationship With TransCanada Lobbyist
Hillary-Keystone XL.png Friends of the Earth today released "deeply disturbing" emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request illustrating "pro-pipeline bias and com...
Dear Mr. Harper
Canada’s Prime Minister Harper has been receiving messages about halting the expansion of the Alberta tar sands from far and wide this week. First, it was the 400 Canadians who…
Cornell Report Busts Myth of Keystone XL Job Creation
pipe dreams.jpg Proponents of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project would like you to believe that, if approved, its construction will put hundreds of thousands of Americans to work. Thi...
Dirty Oil Has More Freedom To Move Than People
Free ride for dirty oil, border checks for people. But which is more dangerous? It's one of those typical injustices of capitalism that money, capital and dirty, earth-destroying, toxic oil…
Parliament In Review: September 26, 2011
Monday's session in the House of Commons was dominated by the debate over another military extension in Libya. The Big IssueOnce again, the Cons were able to win a vote…
Friends of the Earth Asks Justice Department To Investigate TransCanada lobbyist Paul Elliott
Elliott-Clinton.png Friends of the Earth today filed a request with the U.S. Department of Justice asking the DOJ to investigate whether Paul Elliott, the notorious TransCanada tar sands lo...
Just Say No – It’s Time For Canada To Wean Itself Off Its Addiction to Tar Sands Crude
This hour protestors are gathering on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, to show their opposition to the Alberta tar sands, and specifically the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that could be built…
Rust never sleeps … and neither do tar sands nuclear power boosters
Grande Prairie, or some other northwestern town in Alberta's Peace Country, as it’s sure to be portrayed by the nuclear industry. Not exactly as illustrated, but then, these things never…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Munir Sheikh writes (PDF) about good data and intelligent government. I'll add the subtitle, "and other perceived threats to the Harper Conservatives".- Aside from…
Rebranding the Tar Sands
Reluctant as I normally am to say kind words about Ezra Levant, I have to admit that his campaign to re-brand the Alberta oil sands from what environmental activists in…
Saudi Arabia and Ethical Oil Group Go Head to Head Over Ads
20110729-ethical-oil-campaign.jpg The controversial Ethical Oil ads, which enjoyed an exclusive run on the Oprah Winfrey Network at the end of August, have earned a new enemy: the ...
EnergyNOW! Tackles Keystone XL, And Talks To Me About Pipelines
energyNOW!.jpg On Sunday, energyNOW! news tackled the Keystone XL debate in a wide-ranging half hour program that covered the controversial pipeline in typically comprehensive fashion. An ov...
Next year country, Year 5
Yes, we should be due for the Cons' annual declaration that they'll get around to regulating greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands, just not this year....right about now.
What’s Our Back-up Plan?
Naomi Klein, author of Shock Doctrine and No Logo, discusses why our society is so addicted to risk, particularly when it comes to the natural world. From TED Women, December…
New column day
Here, on what the Keystone XL pipeline debate started by Peter Lougheed means for Saskatchewan in managing its own natural resources.